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Tube of calyx, ob-conical, smooth at the summit. 

 Flowers, middle-sized, semi-double, fragrant ; pale pink 



or vivid flesh-colour towards the centre, paler at 



the edge. 



27. Violet Damask. 

 Belle Fleur. 

 La Dwinite. 



Shrub, anhed with a few thin scattered thorns, mixed 

 with glandulous bristles. 



Tube of calyx, ob-conical. 



Flowers, moderate-sized; very pale pink, or flesh- 

 colour. 



Petals, very thin; those of the centre beautifully 

 plaited and undulated. 



28. Josephine Antoinette. 



Flowers, lateral ; very large, very double, well formed, 

 of a pleasing pink. 



29. Belle d 'Auteuil. 



Shrub, armed with short thorns. 



Leaflets, close together, oval, large, thin, rather pubes- 

 cent underneath; the lateral ones sessile and 

 crossed at the base. 



Tube of calyx, turbinated or pear-shaped. 



Flowers, middle-sized or large ; foil, regular, of a pale 

 lilac-pink, or flesh-colour. 



30. Belisarius. 



Shrub, vigorous, with straight branches, armed with 

 numerous, uneven thorns; enlarged at the base, 

 mixed with glandulous bristles. 



Leaves, of a pale green, composed of five or seven 

 leaflets, regularly toothed ; some oval, some oblong. 



